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I'm a human resources specialist, educator and Internet marketer selling ebooks, software and other affiliate products and also provide online consulting services, mostly in business communication.

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Jobs & Careers > Managing Your Career (Other) How to keep your career healthy and growing: 5 of 16
The ProblemWhen I asked my wife recently whether she had become tired of being a midwife after 34 years, she said it was more physically demanding now that she was older, but that she was comfortable doing what she knew well and was good at.It got me thinking about comfort zones and the difficulty I experienced encouraging my... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Relationships: 36 of 78
Squash and the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of Older MenAs I played squash with a young work colleague she commented, "You're pretty good for your age". While I had hoped that she wouldn't have noticed our 20 year age difference, I quickly replied, "There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle."She laughed.I then bega... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Does America's geographic isolation make it less tolerant of other cultures?: 8 of 17
The geographical isolation of the US has led to isolation in the study of other cultures and histories. It's not a matter of distance in miles, but the distance in education.The general lack of knowledge about other countries, their histories and cultures I have witnessed among many Americans has been alarming. It reflects a ... More..
Computers & Technology > MP3 Players How to download an audio book from your hard disk to your iPod: 1 of 2
When you load a CD into your computer's CD-ROM reader, it automatically loads iTunes and then, if it's set up with its default, will begin loading the audio files onto the hard disk drive. But what happens if you have downloaded an audio book file from an Internet site directly to your hard disk drive? There's an additional f... More..
Relationships & Family > Relatives Love and the power of SMS messages: 1 of 1
I'd had a full week and was dead tired. All I looked forwarded to was 5 pm, a few beers and the weekend. Teaching young Emirati/Arab ladies about human resources and business communication in English was always going to be a challenge given their varying levels of English comprehension. Trying to find a meeting of minds with ... More..
Business > Management Ethics Understanding moral risks of new technology in business: 1 of 1
What are the moral risks of new technology in business and does anyone really care? How important is morality in business?In more advanced workplace cultures where industrial democracy prevails, workers would have an input into what technology was provided/implemented in their workplaces. Focus groups or questionnaires would ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing The dangers of self-publishing for writers seeking mainstream success: 4 of 6
While what the writer says may be true of hard book publishing, it certainly isn't true of self-published e-books authors. I've written and sell several e-books, the first published in 1998 and have sold many more than 5,000 during that time and sell copies 24/7 automatically from my sites and through partners.The benefits of... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Can democracy survive in a politically correct world?: 18 of 25
Of course democracy can survive. It's bigger than an idea like political correctness.It's well known in social science that when a change is evolving, it moves (the pendulum swings) to an extreme position. As debate and common sense prevail, the pendulum swings back to a more sensible, socially acceptable and responsible posi... More..
Education > Education (Other) Should public schools offer courses in the Bible?: 50 of 66
While there is an opportunity to offer instruction about the bible in higher level education (where children can select electives), it would fit best into general courses about mythology, accompanied by the numerous mythologies from the various countries (even the "Dreaming" myths of the Australian aborigines are interesting)... More..
Sciences > Medical Science (Other) Is euthanasia ethical or unethical?: 54 of 66
Some jurisdictions have laws (Natural Death Acts) that allow people to issue Do Not Resuscitate orders so that when they lapse into unconsciousness they are allowed to die peacefully without medical intervention. The omission of a life saving act causes death. Without the provision at law enabling a person to omit to act, a d... More..